Hitting 8-foot-2 inches, Kugluktuk resident Andrew Bell's two-foot high kick bested three men from Alaska in the open male category Tuesday. The 27-year-old's gold-winning kick on the second attempt was a full 2-foot-2-inches above his 6-foot frame. Bell had already won silver Monday in one hand reach, finishing behind two Alaskan competitors who tied for gold.

Ikey Bolt of Kugluktuk took silver Tuesday in the junior male two-foot high kick. He won a 6-foot-9-inch kick-off with other competitors who failed to reach the 6-foot-10-inch mark set by winner Ahuya Snowball of Nunavik. Brandon Quyik of Baker Lake placed fifth after the kick-off.

“Awesome,” Bolt said when asked how winning silver at his first Arctic Winter Games felt. “That was my personal record, too.”

He said the one-foot high kick would be the event to watch with Quyik as his toughest competition in that event.

Johnny James Kilabuk, 24, of Arctic Bay, earned silver in his first games with a 75.4-metre open male snow snake toss, which was 3.5 metres shorter than the winning throw by veteran Doronn Fox of Whitehorse, YT.